Media Create Charts: Nintendo Switch Surpasses Wii U’s Local Lifetime Sales in Japan

The latest Media Create charts, which cover sales in Japan for hardware and software from December 25th to December 31st, are finally. As you’d expect, the Nintendo Switch is currently dominating the region – Super Mario Odyssey sold 105,551 units, bringing its lifetime sales to 1.397 million units.

Splatoon 2 meanwhile sold 96,404 units with lifetime sales of over 1.764 million units and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold 87,356 units with lifetime unit sales of over 1.132 million units. Check out the overall sales for games below:

• Super Mario Odyssey – Switch – 105,551/1,397,332
• Splatoon 2 – Switch – 96,404/1,764,870
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Switch – 87,356/1,132,793
• Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon – 3DS – 61,698/1,407,660
• Mario Party: The Top 100 – 3DS – 52,181/New
• Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Sword/Magnum – 3DS – 38,141/431,420
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Switch – 33,024/771,050
• 1-2-Switch – Switch – 21,235/349,929
• Earth Defense Force 5 – PS4 – 16,522/181,466
• ARMS- Switch – 16,463/313,954
• Pokkén Tournament DX- Switch – 13,650/191,485
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – Switch – 12,779/156,717
• Yakuza Kiwami 2 – PS4 – 11,806/184,445
• Call of Duty: WWII – PS4 – 10,153/348,704
• Kirby Battle Royale – 3DS – 9,679/125,003
• FIFA 18 – Switch – 9,131/62,783
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo – 3DS – 7,953/344,495
• Snipperclips – Switch – 7,388/34,619
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe Edition – Switch – 7,003/23,014
• Dragonball Xenoverse 2 – Switch – 6,878/96,040

Hardware sales are similarly encouraging as the Nintendo Switch sold 134,519 units in that time period. The PS4 is in second place with 37,175 units sold followed by the New Nintendo 2DS XL with 20,409 units sold. Full hardware sales are as follows:

• Switch – 134,519
• PS4 – 37,175
• New 2DS XL – 20,409
• New3DS XL – 12,542
• PS4 Pro – 12,456
• PS Vita – 7,970
• 2DS – 3,700
• Xbox One – 335
• New 3DS -163
• PS3 – 58
• Wii U – 44
• Xbox One X – 23

Perhaps the biggest takeaway is that the Nintendo Switch’s hardware sales have passed the local lifetime sales for the Wii U in Japan. Till December 31st, the Wii U managed to sell 3,329,127 units while the Switch sold 3,312,619 units. It’s been several days since that estimate so one would expect the Switch total to have increased ever since. Thoughts on the Switch’s domination? Let us know in the comments.